Q2 Flashcards
_________ are accomplished through leaders who commit to the interest of the group and who work towards social welfare Beals and Haizer (2017).
POLITICAL ORGANIZATION
Lack of government and social classification. This would mean that no central authority, administrative power, and judicial institution is available within such societies.
STATELESS SOCIETY (ACEPHALOUS SOCIETY)
small scale groups that create decisions through consensus or voting systems.
STATELESS SOCIETY (ACEPHALOUS SOCIETY)
A society that has a central governmental institution, authority, and judicial power over its people.
STATE SOCIETY (CEPHALOUS SOCIETY)
4 Political and Leadership Structure
Band, Tribe, Chiefdoms, and State
a small, egalitarian, kin-based group of 10-50 people.
BAND
Comprises a number of bands that were politically integrated and shared language, religious beliefs, and other aspect of common aspects of culture.
TRIBE
A political organization that is more defined. Formal leadership and authority rest solely on the members of a selected family. The social structure is hierarchical, and social class exist.
CHIEFDOMS
the most politically organized and structurally-developed among the classifications of society, states take part in many political, cultural, and economic activities.
STATE
self-governing societies. This would mean that they have full control over their members through an organized political structure
STATE
Refers to activities through which people make, preserve, and amend the general rules which they live.
POLITICS
It involves the dynamics of conflict resolution and cooperation, as well as the exercise of power.
POLITICS
Is the right to command, observed when an individual has a command to make a person do things.
AUTHORITY
the people obey because he/she is recognized as the rightful legitimate leader.
LEGITIMATE POWER
Refers to the ability to do something in order to achieve a desired outcome.
POWER
He claimed that all kinds of society are based from power.
MAX WEBER
From the word ‘LEGITIMARE’ meaning to declare lawful.
LEGITIMACY
The belief that a certain entity has a right to rule or to be in authority.
LEGITIMACY
3 Types of Authority
Legal-Rational Authority
Charismatic Authority
Traditional Authority
it is the most typical type of authority in modern society. legitimized by a clearly defined set of written rules and laws.
LEGAL-RATIONAL AUTHORITY
legitimacy emanates from the charism of individual.
CHARISMATIC AUTHORITY
Legitimacy derived from well-established customs, habits, and social structures.
TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY
Consists of a distinct population of people bound together by a common culture, history, and tradition who are typically concentrated within a specific geographical region.
NATION
A political unit that has sovereignty. A structure that has a legal authority or right to make rules that are binding over a given population within a given territory.
STATE
4 Essential Elements of a State
People, Territory, Government, Sovereignty
These are citizens of the country
The primary element of the state. ‘
PEOPLE
A definite and more less permanent territory/geographical.
TERRITORY
The instrument that provides mechanisms in determining, formulating, and implementing the policies of the state.
GOVERNMENT
The supreme and uncontrollable power inherent in a state.
SOVEREIGNTY
FUNCTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT
- agent of the state
- body that provides rules and policies
- embodies will of the people
- represents diplomatic intercourse
Refers to the group of persons in which the gearshift of the government are held for the time being.
ADMINISTRATION
Fundamental Powers of the State
Police Power, Eminent Domain, Power of Taxation